Agency Information Collection; Activity
Under OMB Review; Report of Extension of Credit to Political
Candidates--Form 183

Agency Information Collection; Activity
Under OMB Review; Report of Extension of Credit to Political
Candidates--Form 183

Federal Register Notice
March 16, 2009
Volume 74, Number 49

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public
Law 104-13, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics invites the general
public, industry and other governmental parties to comment on the
continuing need and usefulness of BTS collecting reports from air
carriers on the aggregated indebtedness balance of a political
candidate or party for Federal office. The reports are required when
the aggregated indebtedness is over $5,000 on the last day of a month.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by May 15, 2009.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
RITA 2008-0002 by any of the following methods:

Instructions: Identify docket number, BTS 2008-0002, at the
beginning of your comments, and send two copies. To receive
confirmation that DOT received your comments, include a self-addressed
stamped postcard. Internet users may access all comments received by
DOT at http://www.regulations.gov. All comments are posted
electronically without charge or edits, including any personal
information provided.

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78) or you may visit http://
DocketInfo.dot.gov.

Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov or the street
address listed above. Follow the online instructions for accessing the
dockets.

Electronic Access

An electronic copy of this rule, a copy of the notice of proposed
rulemaking, and copies of the comments may be downloaded at http://
www.regulations.gov, by searching docket RITA 2008-0002.

Title: Report of Extension of Credit to Political Candidates--Form
183, 14 CFR Part 374a.

Form No.: 183.

Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Respondents: Certificated air carriers.

Number of Respondents: 2 (Monthly Average).

Number of Responses: 24.

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.

Total Annual Burden: 24 hours.

Needs and Uses: The Department uses this form as the means to
fulfill its obligation under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
(the Act). The Act's legislative history indicates that one of its
statutory goals is to prevent candidates for Federal political office
from incurring large amounts of unsecured debt with regulated
transportation companies (e.g. airlines). This information collection
allows the Department to monitor and disclose the amount of unsecured
credit extended by airlines to candidates for Federal office. All
certificated air carriers are required to submit this information.

The Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency
Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note), requires a statistical agency to
clearly identify information it collects for non-statistical purposes.
BTS hereby notifies the respondents and the public that BTS uses the
information it collects under this OMB approval for non-statistical
purposes including, but not limited to, publication of both
Respondent's identity and its data, submission of the information to
agencies outside BTS for review, analysis and possible use in
regulatory and other administrative matters.